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  • City sues porch owner

    07/02/2003 4:33:34 PM PDT · by JustPiper · 42 replies · 385+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 7-2-03 | MAURA KELLY
    The city filed a lawsuit today against the owners and managers of the apartment building where 13 people died in a weekend porch collapse, arguing that the porch was too big, built with the wrong materials and lacked the proper construction permit. The city asked for hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties. Also today, hundreds of friends and family members attended funerals for several of the victims, remembering them as kind, caring and helpful. According to the city's lawsuit, the porch jutted out 11 feet from the building -- 1 foot more than is allowed under city codes. It...